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Hollywood's Jack Warner saw the movie and brought the beautiful young man to Hollywood, where he promptly came to the attention of Lili Damita, a star of second magnitude who earned his admiration with her "glorious boudoir art." One night Lili stood on a window sill and threatened to jump if Flynn refused to make an honest woman of her. Flynn gave in, made a $2 deposit on a venture that cost him more than $1,000,000 in alimony before he died...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HOLLYWOOD: 14,001 Nights | 1/4/1960 | See Source »

University of Berlin, and so became the first Ph.D. in the family. Meanwhile, at 19, he fell in love with Actress Lily Damita, and sxercised so hard, trying to overcome a certain stringiness of physique, that he developed heart exhaustion and had to take a two-month holiday...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Modern Hohenzollern | 11/3/1952 | See Source »

...daughter, Cinestarlet Patrice, 23, was going to marry her leading man Errol Flynn, 41, who has been saying for quite a while that he would marry Rumanian Princess Irene ("The Geek") Ghica, 20. Flynn, now in the midst of a court squabble over alimony payments to first wife Lili Damita, had a characteristically playful comment to make on Patrice, who is very nearsighted: "All I'll have to do is hide her glasses and she'll never be able to find...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: People, Aug. 14, 1950 | 8/14/1950 | See Source »

Errol Flynn, who says he is still "very much in love" with his recent house guest, Rumanian Princess Irine Ghica, complained that the $23,200 in alimony which he pays each year to first wife Lili Damita is just too much for him: "I may have to print my own money soon unless the amount is reduced." Another outstanding Flynn liability: $6,000 a year to second wife Nora Eddington (now married to Singer Dick Haymes) for the support of their two children...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Hearth & Home | 8/7/1950 | See Source »

Cinemactor Errol Flynn asked a Los Angeles court to reduce his alimony payments ($1,500 a month) to his first wife, Actress Lili Damita. He is now 40 years old, Flynn said, and "from the experiences of other actors, it is not likely that I will continue to enjoy a large income . . . for more than a few years in the future...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: People, May 22, 1950 | 5/22/1950 | See Source »

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